REA News for 2012

An archive of REA News

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
19th December 2012
With the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) set to be introduced in 2013, the biomass industry is gearing up to ensure a high quality supply of wood pellets is available to meet demand...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
18th December 2012
The REA has helped secure a big win for the biomass power industry today as DECC has decided against a supplier cap for biomass power [1]. Instead, Ofgem will monitor likely deployment levels up to 400MW...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
18th December 2012
The REA welcomes many elements of DECC’s decisions today on support for large and mid-scale solar PV under the Renewables Obligation (RO) from April 2013 [1]...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
5th December 2012
On George Osborne’s assertion that gas is “lower cost” and the measures to support shale gas exploration, REA Chairman Martin Wright comments:
“The Chancellor must understand that gas is not cheap, no...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
4th December 2012
Investment in gas must be on level playing field and not to detriment of renewables
Government urged to acknowledge significant role of renewable gas
The REA is keen to see a Gas Strategy which is in li...

Back Biomass Campaign
13th November 2012
In response to an NGO report (12th November 2012) entitled ‘Dirtier than coal? Why Government plans to subsidise burning trees are bad news for the planet’, Paul Thompson, Head of Policy at the REA, issued the following statement on behal...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
14th November 2012
Three projects progress thanks to Crown Estate leases
The REA welcomes the results of The Crown Estate’s latest leasing process, which will bring forward a tidal power testing centre in the waters of the Isle of Wight...

The REA is the UK partner for a three year European project called ‘Keep-on-Track!’, overseen by EREC. The project seeks to ensure that the UK remains on track to achieve (or even exceed) our renewable energy deployment targets under the Renewable Energy Directive...

Back Biomass Campaign
Press Release
7th November 2012
Independent report welcomed by Back Biomass campaign
Biomass ‘competitive with other renewable energy technologies’
The Back Biomass campaign has welcomed an independent report that recommends biomass as a c...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
31st October 2012
REA to announce inaugural Energy, Security & Prosperity Symposium at Energy Live tomorrow
This one day event (26th March 2013, Royal Institution, London) will bring together over a dozen high-level speakers to dis...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
30th October 2012
REA welcomes National Palm Oil Statement
The REA welcomes the publication today of the Government’s National Statement on Palm Oil [1]. The REA is one of the signatories to the Statement...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
24th October 2012
Renewables support schemes comprise only 2% of energy bill increases over past two years
Ofgem data shows average dual-fuel energy bills have risen by £205 in the past two years (July 2010 to July 2012) [1]...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
17th October 2012
REA warns that the feedstock cap and withdrawal of support after 2020 are likely to restrict further innovation in this sector of the green economy
The European Commission today formally announced the ch...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
10th October 2012
Gaynor Hartnell, Chief Executive of the Renewable Energy Association, comments:
“Today’s letters from the business community warn that a failure to commit to green growth will cost the UK dear...

The REA worked closely with Malcolm Wicks during both occasions when he was energy Minister. It was on Malcolm’s watch that the Feed-in Tariffs and Renewable Heat Incentive were introduced after a lively Parliamentary campaign by REA and Friends of the Earth in 2007/8...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
13th September 2012
Following the letter sent to DECC today by the Committee on Climate Change [1], REA Chief Executive Gaynor Hartnell comments:
“This important letter from the CCC clearly explains one of the reason...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
11th September 2012
REA comments on two unhelpful consultations from DECC
New DECC consultations for solar power and biomass power/CHP were published on Friday afternoon [1]...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
30th August 2012
Today, the Institute for Public Policy Research publishes its report ‘Beyond the bluster: the effectiveness of wind power technology’ [1]...

Are biofuels responsible for rising food prices? High food prices are again a cause for concern. In the Balance debates to what extent it's the result of food crops being used to make biofuels. Ruth Kelly from Oxfam says they must take some of the blame...

REA Chairman Martin Wright welcomes the publication of the RO banding decisions, but expresses concerns about some of the details. Martin also describes how the benefits of a thriving renewable energy industry far outweigh the costs...

Renewable Energy Association
Biogas Group
Press Release
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
25th July 2012
Proposal to exclude anaerobic digestion from the RO under 5MW would make AD target in the Renewable Energy Action Plan “impossible” to achieve
Government is proposing to ...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
20th July 2012
Good framework secured but AD ambitions must be raised
The REA [1] welcomes the publication of the Government response to the Feed-in Tariffs Consultation 2B [2]...

The REA would very much like to work with and complement the Community Renewables sector. We believe that that community engagement and investment has an important role in accelerating the growth of renewables...

Subsidies for onshore windfarms are to be cut but the issue of how much is dividing the coalition. Chris Heaton Harris MP, who is co-ordinating a backbenchers' campaign to cut windfarm subsidies, and Gaynor Hartnell, chief executive of the Renewable Energy Association, debate...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
22nd June 2012
Renewables shine as members of industry, politics and the media gather together to celebrate achievements in the sector
The 7th annual British Renewable Energy Awards [1] last night paid tribute to the UK re...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
15th June 2012
EU commits to smart infrastructure, energy efficiency and renewables
Despite the Polish Government voting against the proposals at today’s Energy Council [1], the majority of EU states, including the U...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
31st May 2012
MOU with Iceland must not derail nascent UK deep geothermal industry
Yesterday – on the same day that a report was published revealing the astounding potential of the UK’s deep geothermal resource...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
30th May 2012
REA [1] and Tim Smit urge Government to back ‘birth of a new industry’
A new independent technical report on the potential to generate heat and electricity in the UK from deep geothermal is publis...

For quite some time I have been puzzled as to the passivity of the whole of the electricity supply industry over what is coming down the tracks on EMR.
I think I know why our sector has been so quiet, and the sentiment is this:
EMR is primarily for nuclear...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
Immediate Release
29th March 2012
The REA welcomes Tim Yeo and Martin Wright as its new President and Chairman respectively
Tim Yeo is to be the first ever President of the REA [1]...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
Immediate Release
16th March 2012
REA to turn up the heat at Ecobuild
REA return to Ecobuild with a new Biomass Heat Pavilion
The REA [1] will once again be exhibiting at Ecobuild [2] from 20th-22nd March, the “world’s bigge...

Renewable Energy Association
Press Release
26 January 2012
Immediate Release
UK AD industry needs tough talk in Brussels to get EU ‘End of Waste’ proposals into shape
REA and Defra are working together to change proposals which threaten to undermine the developing UK...